To study the learning curve of capsulorhexis in manual small incision cataract surgery among postgraduate residents in central India.

Purpose: To evaluate the learning curve of continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) and to assess the number of surgeries required to master it among residents in a postgraduate teaching institute.

Methods: The present prospective observational study was based on the completion time and complication rates related to CCC performed using various techniques by 10 students in the 2 (JR2) and 3-year (JR3) of residency. CCC was performed either by a cystotome or capsulorhexis forceps or by a combined method in 253 eyes, of which 160 eyes (63.

Incidence and risk factors for vitreous loss in residents performing manual small-incision cataract surgery.

Aim: To assess the incidence of vitreous loss and associated risk factors in residents performing manual small-incision cataract surgery (MSICS).

Methods: The present retrospective record review study was performed on 490 patients who underwent MSICS performed between November 2018 and December 2019 by 7 third-year postgraduate residents. The study group comprised of patients having intraoperative vitreous prolapse.

Complete Occlusion of Anterior Capsular Opening in Patient Operated for Cataract With Penetrating Keratoplasty.

A 68-year-old female underwent a full-thickness penetrating keratoplasty (PK) and developed a mature cataract for which she was operated on using the phacoemulsification technique with the implantation of polymethyl methacrylate lens. The patient developed diminished vision one month after the cataract surgery. The patient had a contraction of the anterior capsular opening.

Ocular Trauma in Pediatric Age Group at a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Central Maharashtra, India.

Purpose: To study the demographic profile and visual outcome in pediatric ocular trauma.

Study Design: Prospective and interventional study.

Setting: Tertiary eye care center in central Maharashtra.